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tsayonah <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 5 Aug 2002 07:42:24 -0500
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Wally Day wrote:
> > >I'm also curious about the paleo side of this.  Why
> > >> wouldn't paleo man hunt
> > >> during moonlight hours?
> >
> > He would have been eaten. Other carnivores had much
> > better night vision, were
> > faster and had much bigger teeth. Plus we wouldn't
> > have been able to see to
> > aim our spears, etc.
>
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> I reject the notion that early humans were too scared
> of nighttime predators to venture out. Predators tend
> to avoid other predators. And, I think we gave up
> being easy prey a long, long time ago :)

I know we have some skilled hunters on this list.  How about
we hear from you?  Do you hunt at night and if not, why
not?  Is it purely a legal question and if so, would you
hunt then if the law allowed?

--
   Elisi Tsayonah, AniWodi, ghigau,
   St Francis River Band of Cherokee

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